Now, I will
grant you that I have been critical of EN
World in the past (and still am, as the decisions I find offensive still
remain in place), but I will also admit that I am pleased by the nomination. But
whether or not I am pleased doesn’t matter. What matters is that any time
anything wins an award – be it an Oscar, a Grammy, or an Ennie – its profile is
boosted. This translates to more sales for the publisher (Purple Duck Games), and this translates to more interest in the
system (Dungeon Crawl Classics).

Re: Purple Duck Games

Take a
minute and look over all the PDG products for DCC. There are a lot of them. I
wrote most of them. In the case of Prince Charming, Reanimator, the
product is PWYW to support a kickstarter from Eggplant Productions (http://eggplantproductions.com/)
that would provide quality fantasy literature for adults and children alike.

The product
has been a success – it has paid for itself and then some – but when Mark Gedak at PDG agreed to take it on,
he was paying out of his own pocket for cartography and art to help me help a
third party which was not even rpg related. I can’t put into words how many
kinds of awesome that is.

I hope you
will consider investing in Purple Duck Games with your vote, not only for Prince
Charming, Reanimator, but also for Monsters of Porphyra in the Best
Monster/Adversary category. I have been
discussing with Mark the possibility of converting Porphyra materials to DCC (their
Pathfinder versions would still be
around!), and PDG doing well in the Ennies would encourage Mark to consider
that route.

(I did the
official conversions of Harley Stroh’s
Well
of the Worm and Tower of the Black Pearl for Goodman Games, as well as the DCC
conversion for the upcoming edition of GM Gems, so I have some experience
in doing this kind of work.)

Re: Dungeon Crawl Classics

I took a
look at past Ennie winners, and with the exception of the phenomenal Crawlers’ Companion by Purple Sorcerer (surely the most
deserving award winner of all time), I couldn’t find a single DCC product. Not
one adventure. Not one.

I have
absolute faith that Joseph Goodman’s
business plan is not contingent on recognition from EN World.

But. Not. One.

How can The
One Who Watches From Below, Bride of the Black Manse, Sailors
on the Starless Sea, or Frozen in Time not be
recognized? Really? How can they not be at least nominated?
What about all the excellent third party products for DCC, like Jon Marr’s A Gathering of the Marked
or Stephen Newton’s The
Haunting of Larvik Island? Did I just miss them?

Friends,
this has got to change. Not only does Purple
Duck deserve a higher profile for its work with DCC, but Dungeon
Crawl Classics itself needs a higher profile in the Ennies. And in any
other fan-based award out there.

Re: Faerie Tales from Unlit Shores

The FT
Series is intended as a series of 7 adventures, running from a 0-level funnel (Prince
Charming, Reanimator) to a 6th level finale. This is not an “Adventure
Path” – the nature of gaining levels in DCC (http://ravencrowking.blogspot.ca/2013/10/some-thoughts-on-dcc-campaign-length.html)
means that the PCs will need to have other quests in and among the FT Series
adventures. Once you get past FT 2,
which I am currently working on, you will likely need to include another adventure
to reach the suggested level for FT 3. Likewise, another two adventures before
you are ready for FT 4, etc.

Some of the
CE Series modules will be usable in this regard – I am actually working on one
with two goblin classes that is intended to potentially tie into the FT Series
as well as any other campaign milieu. If I can get permission from their
publishers, each FT Series module from FT 3 onward will list suggested
adventures, and how to adapt them to the FT milieu.

FT 2 was
originally going to be named The Little Mermaid of Innsmouth, and
is now being called The Portsmouth Mermaid. Dagon, Cthulhu, and Hans Christian
Anderson meet for an adventure within the town of Portsmouth. Needless to say,
all is not sweetness and light. I hope to give someone nightmares with my
version of the Sea Witch.

In just two
modules, the FT Series has already given you two fully described patrons and a
new character class, as well as the strangeness and danger that you expect. As
the series goes on, the amount of world-building material will only increase.
You have been warned.

The FT
Series will eventually take you up the beanstalk and into the lands of the
Desert Faerie. It may seem hard to ramp up adventures when is already dialed to
“11” and you face a dragon at the start.
Don’t worry. With six adventures
in the series, FT 6 won’t be dialed to “17”; I am shooting for at least “20”!

3 comments:

I am a big fan of Purple Duck Games and I am planning on voting for them in every category they are in. I don't have those products in particular, but I do have others and they are worthy in my opinion.

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